Introductory text

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Regulation (EC) No 4/2007 of the European Central Bank

of 14 December 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector

(ECB/2006/20)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank^f1, and in particular Articles 5(1) and 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 of the European Central Bank of 22 November 2001 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (ECB/2001/13)^f2 requires monetary financial institutions to report quarterly statistical data broken down by country and by currency. Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) has to be amended to extend the reporting requirements to data in respect of Bulgaria and Romania, which will accede to the European Union on 1 January 2007.

(2)

Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13), the reporting of quarterly data on positions vis-à-vis counterparties resident in the territories of Member States that have adopted the euro is mandatory. Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) therefore has to be amended to take into account Slovenia’s adoption of the euro,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 318, 27.11.1998, p. 8.
f2: OJ L 333, 17.12.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2181/2004 (ECB/2004/21) (OJ L 371, 18.12.2004, p. 42).